[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms":3,"chapter-this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-108":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","This Dungeon Has Sprouted Mushrooms",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2219163,3995,"Chapter 108: 116 Punishment","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-108",108,"\u003Cp>\"It's all my fault...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the open space in front of the mushroom house, Norris knelt in the middle of a group of Puji, and even Xiao Hei was sitting in the corner watching him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hung his head, his scales rubbing against the ground, making a faint sound, and his intermittent confession floated in the air along with the faint smell of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, Norris’s right foot had been reattached, and the wound on his chest had healed, but he still couldn't hide his disheveled state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flesh and blood at the reattachment point of the severed limb that hadn't fully bonded had a clear dividing line, and the scales all over his body were missing here and there, and those that remained were also mostly cracked, no longer as bright as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Norris didn't know how he had lost control of his emotions; he had been bullied for so many years, he should have been used to it long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he had committed the crime of murder, he could only honestly confess the process and then wait anxiously for his fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the dual effects of the fungal network and parasitism, Norris couldn't hide it from Lin Jun if he lied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Lin Jun’s view, it wasn't entirely Norris’s fault; after all, the humans had struck first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was also true that Norris hadn't handled it properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being entangled by human adventurers, Lin Jun could accept Norris either fighting or running away, but he should have notified him through the fungal network at the first opportunity. Acting on his own when encountering things was not a good sign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the three humans who died, it really wasn't a big deal in the dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Lin Jun quickly gave Norris his punishment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Norris, you acted without authorization and violated the mushroom garden’s discipline. Now you are punished to wash the floor for the Shi Laimu for a month.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wash the floor for the Shi Laimu?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Norris’s brain couldn't turn the corner for a moment. Subconsciously, he still felt that the crime he had committed was murder, but now, listening to the boss, his problem was that he hadn't reported it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What, do you have an opinion?\" Lin Jun thought Norris was unwilling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Washing the floor for the Shi Laimu wasn't an easy job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That two-colored Shi Laimu was quite capable of splitting. The so-called washing the floor meant that after killing the split Shi Laimu, one had to collect the cores and put them on the fungal carpet, and the remaining mucus had to be flushed into the underground sewer with water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the work, one ate and lived in the mountain cavity, which was also a disguised confinement. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say this work was from morning till night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention that the cage would be pulled up from time to time to release curses to train the Puji, and Norris would definitely have to suffer along with them inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for Norris, this punishment was already lighter than his best estimate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he hurriedly lowered his head and accepted: \"No, no, I have no opinion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two Puji, looking quite official, escorted Norris to serve his sentence, one in front and one behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Hei didn't understand what had happened at all and even waved at Norris as he left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun went to confirm the strength of the adventurers with Xiao Lu again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three Silver-rank adventurers who could be active on the sixth floor, and Norris had achieved a 1-for-2 record in a head-on confrontation with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last person was solved by Xiao Lu, who arrived in time. Without Xiao Lu, Norris would probably be dead by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this incident, compared to the mistake Norris made, Lin Jun saw more of the strength he displayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One had to know, Norris was only level 24 until now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had challenged monsters above his level before, but monsters were a brain short compared to Norris, so it wasn't strange that he could kill them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, it was three human adventurers who were a full rank higher than him, and he could still achieve such a record, showing that the effect of the skills he added was indeed very good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Higher skill levels combined with reasonable combinations made up for the attribute gap caused by Norris’s insufficient level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jun also understood that this compensation had a limit. Once they reached the Gold or even Diamond level, people’s own skill levels would also be very high and reasonably combined, and at that time, the advantage of the skills Lin Jun endowed wouldn't be obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no doubt that relying on this ability, as long as there were enough suitable materials, Lin Jun could batch-produce a group of core personnel who could quickly reach Silver or even Gold strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just... he seemed unable to find materials?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dungeon for so long, he had only encountered Norris, who was a blank slate; everyone else who entered the dungeon was full of \"skills.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps there were many among human civilians and children who were close to blank slates, but the act of taking away the population would obviously attract others’ attention, and in the end, he feared the loss would outweigh the gain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Put the thought aside for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Norris finished his confinement, Lin Jun planned to give him a second round of modification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 【Mimicry】 he had originally planned didn't seem to be something he could give for the time being. Norris’s strength was still insufficient, and his personality wasn't steady enough. If he went out and wandered around with 【Mimicry】 like this, who knew when he would be impulsive and expose himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was better to cultivate him more. By comparison, Xiao Lu’s performance this time was very good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the tree demon forest, Xiao Lu was kneeling on the moist ground, extending its roots into the soil, carefully combing the intertwined root systems of the new trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under conditions of abundant magic power, every once in a while, the tree demon would condense a cyan-colored tender branch within its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving the tender branch and a part of the roots from its body on the ground would allow a demon wood to grow. After the demon wood matured, it would give birth to consciousness and become a new tree demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to Lin Jun’s reward, the tree demons had obtained many magic crystals, and the efficiency of absorbing magic power was much faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, there were more tender branches planted recently, and some of them, like the one growing well in front of Xiao Lu, had already become healthy demon woods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tree demons would help the demon woods tidy up their tangled roots from time to time—the space under the tree demon forest was much more crowded than it looked on the surface...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiao Lu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden message made Xiao Lu stop the work at hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it, boss, please instruct.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not an instruction, it's a proposal I want to see your opinion on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The land on the side of the small mountain has been empty since it was cleared before. Instead of letting other monsters occupy it, I might as well go and plant some mushrooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It just so happens that it can also prevent adventurers from entering the mountain body by mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just happened to come and ask you, do you have any plans to plant some trees there together?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This way, there are strongholds on both the east and west sides, so we don't have to run far every time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Expand the territory...\" Lin Jun’s proposal made Xiao Lu fall into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, although the land of the tree demon forest was still sufficient now, developing outward was almost inevitable according to the current trend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, according to Xiao Lu’s idea, it was to slowly expand from the entrance of the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, according to the boss’s meaning, he wanted them to directly settle a new home at the other end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed, it was possible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tree demons had been content to stay in one corner for a long time. Firstly, the number was limited before, and the tree demon forest was enough for survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, they didn't want to attract too much attention from human adventurers. Living in a remote place and huddling together made it less likely to be attacked by adventurers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now the situation was different. When tree demons went out, they were all followed by a group of Puji. Not to mention the improvement in combat power, the adventurers seemed to be very afraid of Puji, and conflicts had been much less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this case, it was not impossible to open up a new home far from the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss, do you want Puji and tree demons to live together?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Live together?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Lin Jun’s view, Puji were all tools, while tree demons were subordinates. Using the word \"live together\" for subordinates and tools felt a bit strange to Lin Jun, but it was okay for Xiao Lu to understand it that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sort of. I plan to plant a mushroom forest there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of which, you haven't been able to go up to the fifth floor and haven't seen the mushroom forest yet. You should like it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Lin Jun’s conception, tree demons were quite suitable to live with the mushroom forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mushrooms mainly collected magic power from the air, while tree demons mainly absorbed magic power from the soil; the two did not interfere with each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the mushroom forest could provide environmental effects such as spores, and the tree demons could lead the Puji to guard the mushroom forest without Lin Jun having to worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ultimate goal of everything was actually to cover up the rift in the mountain cavity and the two-colored Shi Laimu; other aspects were actually incidental.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss, I have no opinion, when do we start?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Lu felt relieved after knowing it was to live with Puji. With Puji, there was no fear of adventurers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then we can do it now, my Puji have already gone down!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I will summon my clansmen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1711,"2026-06-17T15:02:37.041Z","2026-06-18T03:34:23.509Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","35e38c4a916ecde14b847aa5052d4d3700e9f3df3dd58e700c1f2411c2afbe8c","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-109","this-dungeon-is-growing-mushrooms-chapter-107",165,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-dungeon-has-sprouted-mushrooms-cover.jpg"]